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"Bid for Good"

Sydney Airport & Sydney Community Foundation

'BID FOR GOOD'

Sydney Airport, together with the Sydney Community Foundation, is again opening applications for grants as part of its 2018 Lost Property Auction.

The unique campaign – titled Bid for Good – will see the airport auction off unclaimed items left at the airport, with money raised distributed to successful local grassroots charities in the suburbs surrounding Sydney Airport.

This year, Sydney Community Foundation is delighted to continue the partnership with Sydney Airport to coordinate and shortlist the grant applications and distribute auction proceeds.

This year will see the award of a second $100,000 grant, in addition to a range of smaller grants.

Sydney Community Foundation, established in 2004, has over a decade’s experience connecting philanthropy with Sydney communities in most need. As small grant specialists, SCF has overseen the distribution of almost $3 million to innovative, local grassroots charities who design and run projects that support people at greatest risk in the Greater Sydney area.

Together, Sydney Airport and Sydney Community Foundation invite those (DGR1) organisations who are doing great work to improve the lives of people in need across Sydney to express interest in receiving a grant from the ‘Bid for Good’ 2018 Lost Property Auction Partnership.

This year’s grants will prioritise areas surrounding Sydney Airport and focus on the following four key cause areas:

Community Arts and Culture

Education and Employment

Women and Girls

Community Cohesion

​The 2017 Sydney Airport Lost Property Auction raised $150,000. The major grant recipient was 107 Projects, receiving $100,000 to create a series of community based programs for the newly opened Joynton Avenue Creative Community Centre in Zetland.

Five further grants of $10,000 each were received by the following organisations:

Dress for Success to complete a new Boutique Fit out for its Marrickville studio

Orana to renovate its social enterprise cafe in Jannali

Royal Hospital for Women Foundation to continue running its Malabar Midwives empowering Indigenous women and mothers program

2Connect Youth & Community for its Thrive Youth Employment Hub in Rockdale